• 14 parts
  • Checked October 2026

Label the Minutes on the Clock

Pick how many minutes each number on the clock stands for, one lit box at a time.

Label the Minutes on the Clock

Name Date

How many minutes is this?

1 of 12

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
More options

Write the name of each numbered part.Answer key

  1. 0
  2. 5
  3. 10
  4. 15
  5. 20
  6. 25
  7. 30
  8. 35
  9. 40
  10. 45
  11. 50
  12. 55
  13. Minute hand
  14. Hour hand

Drawn for this site on 2026-10-01 from plain geometry. Licence: own work.

Each part is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a part is answered.

Next step Next: the parts of a clockEvery math and classroom diagram

All 14 parts on the diagram

Show the list

The twelve boxes 12

  1. 0 At the 12 a new hour starts, so the count is 0.
  2. 5 At the 1 the minute hand shows 5 minutes: 1 times 5.
  3. 10 At the 2 the minute hand shows 10 minutes: 2 times 5.
  4. 15 The 3 is 15 minutes: a quarter past the hour.
  5. 20 At the 4 the minute hand shows 20 minutes: 4 times 5.
  6. 25 At the 5 the minute hand shows 25 minutes: 5 times 5.
  7. 30 The 6 is 30 minutes: half past the hour.
  8. 35 At the 7 the minute hand shows 35 minutes: 7 times 5.
  9. 40 At the 8 the minute hand shows 40 minutes: 8 times 5.
  10. 45 The 9 is 45 minutes: a quarter to the next hour.
  11. 50 At the 10 the minute hand shows 50 minutes: 10 times 5.
  12. 55 At the 11 the minute hand shows 55 minutes: 11 times 5.

Other 2

  1. Minute hand The long hand. It goes right round the face once every hour.
  2. Hour hand The short, thick hand. It moves from one number to the next in an hour.

How this list was compiled: Read 2026-10-01. (1) Wikipedia, Clock face, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_face : the dial is numbered 1 through 12 with the 12 at the top; a short, thick hour hand and a long, thinner minute hand; the minute hand takes one hour (sixty minutes) to go from 12 round to 12, and in that time the hour hand moves from one hour mark to the next. (2) Math is Fun, Clocks, https://www.mathsisfun.com/time-clocks.html (the little hand shows the hours and the big hand shows the minutes; half past and quarter past) and https://www.mathsisfun.com/time-clocks-analog-digital.html (11:45 is a quarter to twelve). The minute value at each numeral is arithmetic: sixty minutes shared among twelve numerals is five minutes for each. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site on 2026-10-01 from plain geometry; nothing traced. Licence: own work

How it works

Label the minutes on the clock one box at a time. Each number on the face is also a count of minutes: the box outside it lights up and you pick how many, starting at the 12 and going round.

Read the full guide

Count by fives

The minute hand takes sixty minutes to go right round, and there are twelve numbers, so each number is five more minutes than the one before. The 12 is 0, the 1 is 5, the 2 is 10.

Which hand shows the minutes

The long hand is the minute hand. The short, thick hand is the hour hand. Both are named on the drawing.

  • To check a box, multiply the number on the face by 5: the 7 is 35 minutes.
  • Halfway round, at the 6, is 30 minutes: half past the hour.

Questions and answers

How do you label the minutes on a clock?

Start at the 12 with 0 and count by fives as you go round: 5 at the 1, 10 at the 2, 15 at the 3, and so on to 55 at the 11.

How many minutes is each number on a clock?

Five minutes more than the number before it. The minute hand takes sixty minutes to go round all twelve numbers, and sixty shared among twelve is five.

Which hand on a clock shows the minutes?

The long hand. The short, thick hand shows the hour and moves from one number to the next while the long hand goes right round.

More quizzes

Show 7 more

Browse Science Quizzes